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(Member National Council of Women and International Woman Suffrage Alliance)
Recording Secretary, Alice Stone Blackwell.

Presidenl. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw. Moylan,‘ Pa.
6 Beacon Street. Boston, Mass.

First Vice President. Rachel Foster Avery. Swarlhmore, Pa.
Second Vice Presidenl, Florence Kelley, T H , T l U W Oh'
'05 East 22nd Street. New York City. NATlONAL HEADQUARTERS reasurer, amel ay or plon, arren. 10.
C (1' S I , K t M. C. d _ . . . Laura Clay. l89 N. Mill SL, Lexington. Ky.
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 April 26, 1909.

Bear Wamber of the} 'Eitusimma (302'75Fj§.'ttiat§:-

K have cuncluded, after giving most seriuua con-
sideration to the subject fer several montha, to present my raaignap
tion as Corrasponding Secratary t0 the National A$$cciatian, to take
effect whenever meat canvenient ta tha Official Baard. I mean by
thia that ih tha event ﬁffmy succeaaor, who naturally will Ea elect—

“:‘ﬁational Souvention, not being abla to asaume the duties
of affice at ease, as might be the case with m dwairable party,_that
I waniﬂ be willing for a ahert time to nerve in my present capacity.

One of the chief conaidcratienﬁ in aubmitting my
reaignatiun is the fact thgt a3 a paid officer I annuld be aubject
to command,- that with tha egﬁablishment 0f tha two headquartera, it
cartainlr 539mg unraasonable with cur limited means to be paying the
aerviaaa cf same one to be at the headgmartara while an officer is
Enjoying a salary.

I furthermora feel that thare mugt be game limit
placed uyOn the mmaunﬁ 3f work that I can dc for suffrage. Name of
the foﬁcera can fully realize the demands made On my time locally.

as : ﬁo noﬁ believe any of you stand in quite the aame relation to

" local oommuniti:f_as I do. While gpecifically Louiaiana has zﬂuré~

done ihe'ﬁame kiné a! work in club argan zétiona, I hays always felt
that thera 3 not anather State that has 35% suffragg Santiment taka
bald of it in mm war “that we have i\ takan hald or Mme people of
Louisiana and ﬁiﬁsiasigpi, for our public Work baa made itself felt
whérever our wewspapera circulate. To accomplish theae resulta
Jaunie and myaelf have gona into every kind of local organization
not partaking of a aaotarian character. 0n the other hand, we have

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P®$p0nding Secrabar”. I will laama 13 antiraly in ﬁrm. Avery's
judgment whether aha shguld be matifiad of my agtian. I furtharmare
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 April Q5, 1909.

Baa? Keﬂber of thﬁ Fusiness Committee:-
In corresponding with H133 " aw upon the pregrma
it was agrewd that I shnuld write to each mamber of the Busineas

Committeé and ask th m to have preyarad an addrasg he be given at

the Convantion, if tha emergency arises a3 tag elevanth hour fer me

te 31309 than an €33 are ram.

A5 the yrogram new gtands l am reasonably sure
of Dorothy Dix, a Collage Evaning prog am ané a legislative yrcgram
prapared by the local paOple. I am pulling avery atring that I can
to seem“: the prasenee of Hrs. ailman. ﬁrs. Craigie is to be theta,
mnd I hava extamded an invitation to her. 1 have also axtended an
invitaﬁimn to ﬁrs. Keith. I have juat recaivgd a declination from
Gwan Eavejay. Sad cur gsnvenﬁicn been a little rater, we could have
sacurad his acrvicas. I am waiting for a reyly t0 my invitation te_
Mrs. Decker” Era. Catt obligataﬂ herself t6 the Washingtcn paopla,
trading‘her presence at the Convention if they did some Petition
‘work far her. Era. Caﬁt ackncwledged this fact to me, and I hava
ceunﬁad upon her, but ﬁrs. Avary baa cast a doabt that ha% filled ma
wit. a littla alarm. Howevar, if tha Hational officers are prepared
I will feel me anxiety in regard t0 yreaanting a good gregram.

‘Will ycu.kindly, therefore, send is me
undéz‘ which. yen will apex , in the event as." my rwailinzzf HQ; 56.
cempulscry gervice.

Very cordially yeura,

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Presidenl. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, Moylan. Pa. @ﬁanhﬁ‘d Recording Secretary, Alice Stone Blackwell,
First Vice President, Rachel Foster Avery. Swarthmore, Pa. ”giw‘ 6 Beacon Street. Boston. Mass.

Second Vice President, Florence Kelley.
105 East 22nd Street, New York City. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Corresponding Secretary. Kate M. Cordon. ‘xr -
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Treasurer, Harriet Taylor Upton, Warren. Ohio.

Audilors' I Laura Clay. I89 N. Mill 51., Lexington, Ky.
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First Vice President, Rachel Foster Avery. Swarthmore. Pa.
Second Vice President, Florence Kelley,

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Corresponding Secretary, Kate M. Cordon.
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Recording Secreiam, Alice Stone Blackwell,

President. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, Moylan. Pa. ﬁ‘ﬁﬁ‘l
L '4- 'g.’ . 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Masl.

Firs! Vice President, Rachel Foster Avery. Swarlhmore. Pa.
Second Vice President, Florence Kelley. T H . T l U .
‘05 East 22nd Street, New York City. NATlONAL HEADQUARTERS reasurer, arnel any or plon. Warren. Ohio.

Corresponding Secrelary, Kale M. Gordon. - - . (Laura Cl”. '89 N- Mill St. Lexington, Ky.
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May 7, 1909 .

Mydear Miss Clay:-
I want you to read this splendid letter of Hre.Ste'nené
tell me of some women in Kentucky that you think might be
lead the dieeueeicne along the lines of the Kentucky campaign

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on the "county unit" You ;:memoe1 that dav that T was ﬁlth Joe in

Louisville and we cane in contact with those club women. Most of

.reatien was on the subject of these county campei

curse I know that Nrs.0gklémhreckinridge has done a tremen

work on this line, and if she could be secured for our Convex
would be delighted, but this is a meet too good to hope for.
you sugeest sou one to whom I could extend an invitation who proba-
bly would be on the coast this
cost to u“
The Church Work Committee, under Mrs. Craigie, has
done good work, and you can see for youreelf that Mrs. Steinen 1&3
not . think the future work of our Associatio: Should
committees . I think we ought to try and develu
rorger committees instead of concentrating the work as has been
in the pest iLto the lands of the officers of the Association.
Many thauke for all the kind things you said in res
gard to my work for the Association. I am glad that you appr804ate
it, and I feel sure, t‘o, that most of the peeple in the Convention
will feel that I have done good work, but nevertheless I have fully

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time has come to me. I do n t ~1at my best work is
mg dome in the Nati.onal Association, 2" " '1 ' reason I sub-
mitted my resignation. I confess that " -" not without consider-
able feeling that I did submit my do sior The work ha 3 been a lap
bor =f love, a=1 d a break from all the pleasant ass wt; mas is not
made without oonsiderahle effort. At the same tinm e, after areiu11y
weighing every side as I see it, I have come to a conclusion which I

have determi;ed upon making final. I thidk I mention ed to you last

year that I Spoke to ss shaw a13out my resignation when she was

with us, but she was look in mg so wretchedly, and made such a stxong
appeal for me to stay, that I was induced to contiique. I think she
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President. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw. Moylan, Pa.
Firs! Vice President. Rachel Foster Avery, Swarthmorc. Pa.

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Second Vice President, Florence Kelley, NATlONAL HEADQUARTERS Treasurer, Harriet Taylor Upton. Warren. Ohio.

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feel is brewing in hationa W' - n:;.'.~ Home weeks ago I
received a letter from s State 3 said; 3 ” t 1‘ about some chan es
which she felt was neces‘ary on to“ 3' 3 ~ ' ° 7 in which you were

not to be re—elected. I wrote Pei ." t ked directly whether her sug~

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movement. ~r: tir it is gurelv yersonal.

Since I have tried to find out whether anything was on
foot corresponding to the effort which was made to get hiss Blackwell
off last fall, and the latest piece of gossip which I have heard is
that she would have been defeated ""had not I gone on the floor and ac—

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tively electioneered for her". It is absolutely whole cloth, for i
knew n othing of it till the morning of the election and Alice B. told m4~
of it while the election was on, and never influenced a vote for her, s
she was elected because the Convention wanted her.

I have not been able to learn definitely whether Miss Shaw and
Mrs. Mrs. Avery are working to have you removed. There is no doubt
you offended deeply when you swung the Executive Committee to vote the
continuance of work in Oklahoma, but things are reaching a pass when

that ssxtxnﬁ our honest opinion on a situation must work to our undo—

ing. I hope indeed I am entirely mistaken in what I fear, but in my
genuine friendship and admiration of you I felt it a duty to let you

know what I had learned.
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